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Affidavit describing the uprising of enslaved people onboard the Bedford
This affidavit is testament to the lengths enslaved African people went to in seeking their freedom.
Series
Colonial Office: Central Africa: Original Correspondence
Catalogue reference: CO 952
What's it about?
CO 952
This series contains papers on subjects common to Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, with Somaliland and Aden included later. Subject matter includes the Central African Council and Rhodesia railways.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CO 952
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Title (The name of the record)
- Colonial Office: Central Africa: Original Correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
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1949-1951
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains papers on subjects common to Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, with Somaliland and Aden included later. Subject matter includes the Central African Council and Rhodesia railways.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For further correspondence relating to Aden see CO 725
For earlier correspondence relating to Nyasaland see CO 525
For further correspondence relating to Northern Rhodesia see CO 795
For earlier correspondence relating to Somaliland see CO 535
For Dominions Office private office papers including a number relating to Central Africa see DO 121
For later records relating to the Federation of Central Africa see DO 183
For overlapping and later correspondence see CO 1015
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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16 file(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- International
- Railways
- Africa
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- For registers to this correspondence see CO 1014
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5141/
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Colonial Office: Central Africa: Original Correspondence
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